Eli C. Barber was of old American stock and some of his predecessors fought in the Revolutionary war. Eli was engaged in the Civil War and afterward returned to his lumber business in Booneville, New York. In April 1866, he left New York for Minnesota. He was outfitted at St. Charles and drove through with a party of other land seekers, arriving in Yellow Medicine county about June 1. He filed on land in Minnesota Falls township within the Indian reservation, a preemption in Section 25. On the place was one of the old Indian brick houses which he repaired and there he lived for twelve years. In the fall of 1877 he sold out and returned to New York where he engaged in dairying for a dozen years. In March, 1880 he returned to this county, then went to Nebraska for a short time, and came back to Yellow Medicine county to stay. He was married December 2, 1869 to Elizabeth Fuszard, daughter of Charles and Caroline Fuszard who came to Yellow Medicine in 1868. Mrs. Barber, then Miss Fuszard, and Angic Sanders taught school in 1869 in the district comprising the whole of Yellow Medicine county, being the first teachers in the county. There was a cash fund of $90 in the district and the two teachers divided that. The people raised a little in addition so each received $48 for her season's work.
Eli Barber died January 31, 1916 at the age of 82. He had built himself a home in 1899 said by the Granite Falls Tribune to be a model.
--A History of Yellow Medicine County Minnesota 1872-1972, Carl and Amy Narvestad, Page 641
Eli Barber died January 31, 1916 at the age of 82. He had built himself a home in 1899 said by the Granite Falls Tribune to be a model.
--A History of Yellow Medicine County Minnesota 1872-1972, Carl and Amy Narvestad, Page 641
Eli C. Barber was of old American stock and some of his predecessors fought in the Revolutionary war. Eli was engaged in the Civil War and afterward returned to his lumber business in Booneville, New York. In April 1866, he left New York for Minnesota. He was outfitted at St. Charles and drove through with a party of other land seekers, arriving in Yellow Medicine county about June 1. He filed on land in Minnesota Falls township within the Indian reservation, a preemption in Section 25. On the place was one of the old Indian brick houses which he repaired and there he lived for twelve years. In the fall of 1877 he sold out and returned to New York where he engaged in dairying for a dozen years. In March, 1880 he returned to this county, then went to Nebraska for a short time, and came back to Yellow Medicine county to stay. He was married December 2, 1869 to Elizabeth Fuszard, daughter of Charles and Caroline Fuszard who came to Yellow Medicine in 1868. Mrs. Barber, then Miss Fuszard, and Angic Sanders taught school in 1869 in the district comprising the whole of Yellow Medicine county, being the first teachers in the county. There was a cash fund of $90 in the district and the two teachers divided that. The people raised a little in addition so each received $48 for her season's work.
Eli Barber died January 31, 1916 at the age of 82. He had built himself a home in 1899 said by the Granite Falls Tribune to be a model.
--A History of Yellow Medicine County Minnesota 1872-1972, Carl and Amy Narvestad, Page 641
Eli Barber died January 31, 1916 at the age of 82. He had built himself a home in 1899 said by the Granite Falls Tribune to be a model.
--A History of Yellow Medicine County Minnesota 1872-1972, Carl and Amy Narvestad, Page 641
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